HPCS Alumni

Amanda Marín-Chollom, PhD

2017)

​Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Central Connecticut State University

Current research aims to inform and create culturally appropriate behavioral interventions
targeted at chronic illness prevention and people with chronic illnesses.

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Brett Millar, PhD (2017)
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Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Current research focuses on sleep health, aging, and health behaviors. ​

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Katie Darabos, PhD (2019)

​Instructor, Department of Health Behavior, Society, and Policy, Rutger School of Public Health

Current research examines the cognitive, affective and biological processes associated with
health-related decision-making among adolescents and young adults with cancer, with a project
funded by the National Cancer Institute.​

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Ashley Polokowski, PhD (2019)

​Assistant Professor, Northwell Health

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Raymond Moody, PhD (2020)

​Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Current research focuses stress, substance use, and sexual health. He is currently a T32 postdoctoral fellow in the Substance Abuse Epidemiology Training Program, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and a postdoctoral fellow in the Spatial Epidemiology Lab working on a cohort study of Black sexual minority men, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health.

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Aliza A. Panjwani, PhD (2020)

​Postdoctoral Fellow, The Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto

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Thomas H.F. Whitfield, PhD

(2020)

Postdoctoral Fellow, Madison Park Psychological Services

​Private practice limited permit therapist specializing in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and third wave approaches for the treatment of mood disorders.

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Zeba Ahmad, PhD (2022)
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​Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School

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Boyang Fang, PhD (2022)

​Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Davis

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Natalia Macrynikola, PhD (2022)
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​Postdoctoral Fellow, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School